Bug#87510: I second this proposal

2001-05-18 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:41:54PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > Given the cat'ed Sources file I keep around for testing, we can get a > list of packages that don't have build-depends: listed, but would need > them by something like: > This isn't all that accurate. The autobuilder considers so

Bug#87510: I second this proposal

2001-05-18 Thread Peter Palfrader
Hi Anthony, On Fri, 18 May 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: > There are two flaws with this proposal. One is that it's completely > wrongheaded to declare something RC when a significant number of packages > don't do it already. Yes, I agree with this now. > The other is that it

Re: woody release task needs help: package priorities

2001-05-18 Thread Arto Jantunen
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 11:06:53AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Current policy says: > > > > <-- snip --> > > > > `standard' > > These packages provide a reasonably small but not too limited > > character-mode system. Thi

Bug#87510: I second this proposal

2001-05-18 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 07:49:04AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > <-- snip --> > > Policy should now require packages to specify build time dependencies > (i.e., packages which require ... MUST specify...) > > Build time dependencies have been in policy for 18 months already. > > <-- snip -->

Re: Processed: policy proposal cleanup

2001-05-18 Thread Julian Gilbey
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 09:33:24AM -0500, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wow! Thanks Anthony! Julian -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey, Dept of Maths, Queen Mary, Univ. of

Re: woody release task needs help: package priorities

2001-05-18 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Current policy says: > > <-- snip --> > > `standard' > These packages provide a reasonably small but not too limited > character-mode system. This is what will install by default if > the user doesn't select anything

Processed: policy proposal cleanup

2001-05-18 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > severity 80343 wishlist Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy on which files should be owned by which user Severity set to `wishlist'. > retitle 80343 [PROPOSAL] policy should say no files should be owned by > "nobody" Bug#80343: general: Lack of policy

Bug#87510: I second this proposal

2001-05-18 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 01:31:30AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote: > However, the proposal already has a sufficiency of seconds -- more > make no difference at this point. What Chris said. > Back in Feb, aj said there were 2047 packages still needing build- > depends. If you want this proposal to tak

Bug#87510: I second this proposal

2001-05-18 Thread Chris Waters
On Fri, May 18, 2001 at 07:49:04AM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote: > Policy should now require packages to specify build time dependencies > (i.e., packages which require ... MUST specify...) > Build time dependencies have been in policy for 18 months already. (Completely irrelevent, as aj noted.) >

Bug#87510: I second this proposal

2001-05-18 Thread Adrian Bunk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 <-- snip --> Policy should now require packages to specify build time dependencies (i.e., packages which require ... MUST specify...) Build time dependencies have been in policy for 18 months already. <-- snip --> I second this. (but there m

Re: woody release task needs help: package priorities

2001-05-18 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, 18 May 2001, Anthony Towns wrote: >... > Since there's a 'tetex' task, I've also dropped tetex from standard to > optional: people who want TeX will need to choose the task now. Current policy says: <-- snip --> `standard' These packages provide a reasonably small but n